Modesto station

37°40′09″N 120°54′54″W / 37.6690288°N 120.9149256°W / 37.6690288; -120.9149256Owned byCity of ModestoLine(s)BNSF Stockton Subdivision^[1]Platforms1 side platformTracks1Connections

StanRTA: 25ConstructionParkingYesAccessibleYesOther informationStatusStaffedStation codeAmtrak: MODHistoryOpenedNovember 12, 1999^[2]PassengersFY 202276,286^[3] (Amtrak) Services

Preceding station	Amtrak			Following station
Stockton–San Joaquin Street toward Oakland		San Joaquins		Turlock–Denair toward Bakersfield
Stockton–Downtown toward Sacramento		San Joaquins		Turlock–Denair toward Bakersfield

Location

Modesto station is a staffed Amtrak station in Modesto, California. It serves the on the San Joaquin line. Designed by Pacific Design Associates of Modesto and VBN Architects of Oakland, the $2.4 million depot was built on four acres of former dairy pastureland.^[4] The station has one platform which serves a single track.

Before November 12, 1999, trains stopped instead in Riverbank, about 4 miles north.^[2]^[5] In the past trains also stopped at the Modesto Transportation Center, which was built by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company in 1915, and in the future rail service will move there again when the Altamont Corridor Express begins service to Modesto.^[6]

Modesto is the point where the San Joaquin splits, with trains bound for the Bay Area continuing to Stockton's San Joaquin Street station and trains heading to Sacramento continuing to Stockton–Downtown station.

Station photos

Platform
Station interior
AT&SF locomotive #2921 on display at the station

References

^ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 10.
^ ^a ^b Elliott, Steve (November 12, 1999). "Amtrak Finally Pulls Into Modesto Station". The Modesto Bee. pp. A1, A2. Retrieved March 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
^ Great American Stations. Accessed February 13, 2013.
^ "Amtrak – Modesto, CA (MOD)".
^ Holland, John (10 Dec 2021). "CA: Contractor will revamp Modesto's old train depot for ACE. Will housing follow nearby?". www.masstransitmag.com. Retrieved 2021-12-12.